The Wild Flower Patch | deconstructing jen

Hey everyone! I’ve got lots of exciting news today!! First thing, I’m joining the Flutterby Wednesday design team!!! I’m so excited. I’ve participated in that challenge as often as I could and Danni is just the sweetest and I am so HAPPY to be joining them! Today is my first post for them and our challenge is to use Orange, Violet and Black along with a butterfly, fairy or angel… getting a little Halloween on with our fluttery friends.

Today is ALSO Wild Flower Wednesday and today marks the last Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge of 2010. After much thought and consideration I decided it would be best for me and my family if I took a break for November and December from drawing stamps and running the design team. We have such a CRAZY two months in November and December with all the holidays and about a 1,000 family birthdays that I want to take a step back and focus on family and enjoy the holidays. I’m sure you all can relate. So when the new year rolls around look for a NEW Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge and new happenings over on at the Patch!

For today we have a HUGE give away for our last challenge of the year! One very lucky random participant will win TWO 4×6 rubber stamp sheets featuring the Pretty in Pink and No Girls Allowed stamps!!!

Now what is the challenge… well it’s a simple one for this week… anything Halloween!!! Easy peasy!!

Here’s my card using Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge and the WFP and Flutterby challenges… GULP.

I used Fairy Princess and colored her with Copics… I’m a bit rusty. I’ve been using my Prismacolors so much that I had a bit of trouble getting back into the groove with my Copics, lol.

The designer paper is by My Mind’s Eye and I used a couple of Cuttlebug embossing folders.

Here’s a closer look at the my coloring and the sparkle on her wings.

Thanks for stopping by today! If you’d like to check out the challenges you can find them at Flutterby Wednesday and The Wild Flower Patch!

The Wild Flower Patch Design Team

Jen Shults, Stamp Artist (Me!)
Donna Wardle, DT Coordinator (Donna is out this week)
Leigh Ann Baird, Perfect Presentations Template Designer (Leigh Ann is also out this week)
Jenn Koss
Jacquie Nordaune (off this week)
Lelia Pierce
Angela Sowell

The Flutterby Wednesday Design Team

It’s Wild Flower Wednesday time again and that means it’s time for a new challenge! This week our challenge is fall colors.

A quick announcement! Be sure to stop by the Wild Flower Patch store today. Annie has released some GORGEOUS new templates that you much check out. There is a new tall Gable box and the cutest cupcake stand along with a fun shape cut files. You’re going to love those!

For my card I used Tom the Turkey and colored him with Copics. I used some gorgeous 7Gypsies and October Afternoon designer papers along with a Basic Grey sentiment to make this card. I’m being a bit cheeky with that sentiment. I have a friend who’s birthday is very near and occasionally on Thanksgiving day so this card and when I was looking for a sentiment I thought this one was perfect!

I’m really working on making some cleaner simpler cards these days. I tend to fuss and fuss and fuss and take forever to make cards to I’m trying to expand my horizons a bit and not go so nuts with layout extras. I’m not sure if it’s a good fit for me yet or not but I don like how this came out with the sponged circles and the one punched corner.

Here’s a closer look at the coloring:

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Wild Flower Patch design team has in store for you today!

Jen Shults, Stamp Artist (Me!)
Donna Wardle, DT Coordinator
Leigh Ann Baird, Perfect Presentations Template Designer
Jenn Koss
Jacquie Nordaune
Lelia Pierce
Angela Sowell

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